Jeremy Bentham
Jeremy Bentham
Jeremy Benthamwas an English philosopher, jurist, and social reformer. He is regarded as the founder of modern utilitarianism...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth15 February 1748
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The law of England has established trial by judge and jury in the conviction that it is the mode best calculated to ascertain the truth.
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Every law is an infraction of liberty.
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Why should the law refuse its protection to any sensitive being? The time will come when humanity will extend its mantle over everything which breathes ...
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Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished.
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Right... is the child of law.
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It is with government as with medicine, its only business is the choice of evils. Every law is an evil, for every law is an infraction of liberty.
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The power of the lawyer is in the uncertainty of the law.
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Lawyers sometimes tell the truth. They'll do anything to win a case.
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The schoolmaster is abroad! And I trust to him armed with his primer against the soldier in full military array.
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The solar industry needs stable markets. With fair and good incentives we can have solar power competitive in ten year's time.
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The question is not, "Can they reason?" nor, "Can they talk?" but rather, "Can they suffer?
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As to the evil which results from a censorship, it is impossible to measure it, for it is impossible to tell where it ends.
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The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation.
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Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out what we ought to do, as well as to determine what we shall do.